Charles Terence Estates Ltd v Cornwall Council

• Court of Appeal
• 13 November 2012
• Maurice Kay, Moore-Bick and Etherton LJJ
• [2012] EWCA Civ 1439

Judgement

Lord Justice Maurice Kay :

1. 1. It is well known that there are circumstances in which a public authority can escape liability to a private party by invoking its own lack of capacity